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Calendar No. 274 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 526 

[Report No. 112–112] 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land 

in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, 

for use as a public shooting range. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 9, 2011 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. KYL) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

JANUARY 13, 2012 

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of December 17, 2011, 

by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land 

Management land in Mohave County, Arizona, to the 

Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for use as a public 

shooting range. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mohave Valley Land 

3 Conveyance Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

5 The purposes of this Act are— 

6 (1) to provide a suitable location for the estab7 lishment of a centralized, public, multipurpose shoot8 ing range in the County; and 

9 (2) to provide the public with— 

10 (A) opportunities for education and recre11 ation; 

12 (B) a location for competitive events and 

13 marksmanship training; and 

14 (C) a location for local law enforcement of15 ficers to practice and improve their marksman16 ship skills so that the officers do not have to 

17 leave the area to practice those skills. 

18 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

19 In this Act: 

20 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

21 means the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. 

22 (2) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Mo23 have County, Arizona. 

24 (3) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

25 means the public land in the County, comprising ap26 proximately 315 acres as generally depicted on the 


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1 map entitled ‘‘Boundary Cone Road Location’’ øand 

2 dated lll, 2011¿. 

3 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di5 rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 

6 SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE OF PUBLIC LAND IN MOHAVE COUN7 TY, ARIZONA. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey 

10 to the Commission all right, title, and interest of the 

11 United States in and to the Federal land for use as a pub12 lic shooting range. 

13 (b) APPLICABLE LAW.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law (including regulations), with respect 

16 to the conveyance under subsection (a), the Mohave 

17 Valley Shooting Range Environmental Assessment/ 

18 Plan Amendment Record of Decision dated Feb19 ruary 8, 2010, is final and determined to be legally 

20 sufficient for the purposes of, but not limited to— 

21 (A) the National Environmental Policy Act 

22 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 

23 (B) the National Historic Preservation Act 

24 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). 


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1 (2) TREATMENT OF RECORD.—The record of 

2 decision referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be 

3 subject to judicial review by any court of the United 

4 States. 

5 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—If the Commission ac6 cepts the conveyance of the Federal land, the Commission 

7 shall be responsible for paying all administrative costs nec8 essary for the preparation and completion of any patents 

9 of and transfer of title to the Federal land under sub10 section (a). 

11 (d) REQUIREMENT.—The land conveyed under sub12 section (a) shall be managed by the Commission for recre13 ation or other public purposes, consistent with the Act of 

14 June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation and 

15 Public Purposes Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 

16 (e) REVERSION.—If the Federal land ceases to be 

17 used for public purposes, the Federal land shall, at the 

18 option of the Secretary, revert to the United States. 

19 (f) CORRECTION OF MAP ERRORS.—The Secretary 

20 may correct any clerical or typographical error in the map 

21 referred to in section 3(3). 

22 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mohave Valley Land 

24 Conveyance Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

4 means the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. 

5 (2) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Mo6 have County, Arizona. 

7 (3) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

8 means the public land in the County, comprising ap9 proximately 315 acres as generally depicted on the 

10 map entitled ‘‘Boundary Cone Road Location’’ and 

11 dated November 7, 2011. 

12 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di14 rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 

15 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF PUBLIC LAND IN MOHAVE COUN16 TY, ARIZONA. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—On the request of the Commission 

18 submitted to the Secretary by the date that is not later than 

19 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and subject 

20 to the provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to 

21 the Commission all right, title, and interest of the United 

22 States in and to the Federal land for use as a public shoot23 ing range. 

24 (b) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under subsection 

25 (a) shall be— 

26 (1) by quitclaim deed; and 


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1 (2) subject to— 

2 (A) valid existing rights; and 

3 (B) such terms and conditions as the Sec4 retary may require, including appropriate con5 ditions to address the impact of the shooting 

6 range on cultural resources. 

7 (c) COSTS.—If the Commission accepts the conveyance 

8 of the Federal land, the Commission shall be responsible for 

9 paying— 

10 (1) consideration to the Secretary for the Federal 

11 land in an amount that is consistent with convey12 ances to governmental entities for recreational pur13 poses under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 

14 known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) 

15 (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.); and 

16 (2) the reasonable administrative costs associated 

17 with the conveyance. 

18 (d) REQUIREMENT.—The land conveyed under sub19 section (a) shall be managed by the Commission— 

20 (1) as a public shooting range; and 

21 (2) for recreation and other public purposes, con22 sistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 

23 known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) 

24 (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 

25 (e) REVERSION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Federal land ceases to 

2 be used for the purposes described in subsection (d), 

3 the Federal land shall, at the option of the Secretary, 

4 revert to the United States. 

5 (2) RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL

6 ENTITY.—If the Secretary determines pursuant to 

7 paragraph (1) that the land should revert to the 

8 United States, and if the Secretary determines that 

9 the land is contaminated with hazardous waste, the 

10 local governmental entity to which the land was con11 veyed shall be responsible for remediation of the con12 tamination. 

13 (f) CORRECTION OF MAP ERRORS.—The Secretary 

14 may correct any clerical or typographical error in the map 

15 described in section 2(3). 


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Calendar No. 274 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 526 

[Report No. 112–112] 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of 

sion, for use as a public shooting range. zona, to the Arizona Game and Fish CommisLand Management land in Mohave County, AriJANUARY 13, 2012 

Reported with an amendment 


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